rig up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Every year, industrial specialists rig up a rope system that allows brave spring cleaners to access the aircraft from the ceiling.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025
Anderson, her assistant told me, insists on setting this whole rig up herself, every single time, whether she is alone in the studio or about to play Carnegie Hall.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2021
Every day, aid groups hand out meals and the local authorities rig up water taps for the hundreds of migrants who gather at the site.
From Reuters • Sep. 10, 2021
Jerry Gully sat on a bar stool in the dim daylight inside Moose Lodge 2284 on Tuesday, wondering whether he could rig up a generator to pump water from a well.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2019
“Tell you what—Robbie will rig up a reading light for you. I’ll leave the generator on. Will you want some breakfast?”
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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